Synonyms of consummate

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adjective

ˈkän(t)-sə-mət 

1

as in skilled

having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor

consummate cabinetmakers, they produced desks and chests of drawers that are now regarded as masterpieces of American furniture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skilled
• skillful
• adept
• proficient
• experienced
• expert
• good
• accomplished
• great
• virtuoso
• practiced
• masterful
• master
• veteran
• complete
• professed
• masterly
• talented
• gifted
• educated
• ace
• crackerjack
• versed
• crack
• capable
• competent
• compleat
• adroit
• trained
• qualified
• efficient
• deft
• effective
• employable
• clever
• able
• handy
• slick
• dexterous
• polished
• workmanlike
• taught
• knowledgeable
• old
• effectual
• fit
• sure-handed
• refined
• schooled
• fitted
• long-term
• well-rounded
• all-around
• multitalented
• tutored
• habile
• multiskilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• incapable
• inexperienced
• unskilled
• unable
• incompetent
• inexpert
• unqualified
• unseasoned
• weak
• unfit
• inept
• amateurish
• unprofessional
• unskillful
• would-be
• artless
• unfitted
• crude
• rude
• ineffective
• inefficient
• ineffectual
• jackleg
• beginning
• new
• ignorant
• untutored
• untrained
• inexperienced
• unschooled
• green
• untalented
• untaught
• raw
• primitive
• unseasoned
• untried
• ungifted
• untested
• talentless
• rough
• unpolished
• clumsy
• awkward
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• heavy-handed

2

as in utter

having no exceptions or restrictions

a consummate liar who has practically made mendacity an art form

Synonyms & Similar Words

• utter
• complete
• absolute
• sheer
• unconditional
• pure
• definite
• simple
• total
• perfect
• outright
• damned
• real
• very
• thoroughgoing
• damn
• unmitigated
• thorough
• profound
• unadulterated
• deadly
• downright
• regular
• unqualified
• arrant
• huge
• genuine
• out-and-out
• clean
• endless
• crashing
• categorical
• flat-out
• straight-out
• dreadful
• unalloyed
• constant
• fair
• perpetual
• veritable
• rank
• stark
• plumb
• all-out
• blooming
• bodacious
• blank
• eternal
• dead
• flat
• authentic
• stone
• unremitting
• supreme
• classic
• terrible
• horrible
• extreme
• undying
• inveterate
• superlative
• extraordinary
• unrestricted
• terrific
• hopeless
• confirmed
• habitual
• main
• surpassing
• frightful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• qualified
• doubtful
• questionable
• restricted
• dubious
• equivocal

3

as in ultimate

of the greatest or highest degree or quantity

a ballerina renowned for her consummate grace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ultimate
• maximum
• utmost
• most
• supreme
• paramount
• uttermost
• last
• max
• largest
• nth
• outside
• unparalleled
• top
• unequaled
• unrivaled
• unsurpassed
• biggest
• unmatched
• uppermost
• hugest
• topmost
• upmost

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• least
• minimum
• minimal
• slightest
• smallest
• lowest
• tiniest
• minutest
• littlest
• fewest

consummate

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verb

ˈkän(t)-sə-ˌmāt 

as in to complete

to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done

willing to do whatever it takes to consummate a business deal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complete
• finish
• perfect
• fulfill
• accomplish
• get through
• execute
• finalize
• polish
• do
• achieve
• perform
• improve
• carry out
• effect
• enhance
• better
• stick out
• ameliorate
• carry through
• enrich
• amend
• refine
• follow through (with)
• machine
• shine
• discharge
• round (off or out)
• meliorate
• touch up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandon
• drop
• quit
• discontinue
• forsake
• desert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consummate

Adjective

Parton, who died Tuesday at 80, was the consummate business executive behind Dollywood, the mastermind behind a book-gifting program, the philanthropic giant whose donation helped spur the Moderna vaccine for the coronavirus. — Ethan Beck, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026

However, managing such conspicuous anachronisms requires consummate skill (see Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries for how it’s done), so don’t say you weren’t warned. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

Verb

But in the present instance our duty does not, in my opinion, end with refusing to consummate this questionable transaction. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026

At the 1977 Winter Meetings, on the shores of Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, the New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Braves and Pirates consummated an 11-player blockbuster that stunned the baseball contingent gathered at the Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel. — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 23 July 2026

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